Nigeria, May 26 -- Day 8 of the 2024 National Sports Festival, tagged Gateway Games, delivered another thrilling chapter with medal glories, shock results, and inspiring performances across in events like scrabble, beach volleyball, judo, and men's hockey.

Scrabble brilliance: Bayelsa makes double gold statement

In the scrabble events, Team Bayelsa confirmed its status as a word-powerhouse, clinching gold medals in both Intermediate and Masters categories.

In the Intermediate class, Bright Ohaka outplayed the field to seize gold, while David Ojih of Ogun and Babajide Alagbada of Osun settled for silver respectively.

In the fiercely contested Masters division, it was a familiar name that emerged top: Ben Quickpen of Bayelsa claimed the...